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Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 9-11, 1999

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April 9, 1999 9:06PM (UTC)

Series

On a new Homicide (10 p.m. Fri., NBC), written by Yaphet Kotto, Falsone and Stivers are angered over special treatment given a federal prosecutor charged with murder. John Goodman hosts Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m. Sat., NBC), with music from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. An art gallery owner (Isabella Rossellini) discovers Homer's hidden talent on a new episode of The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox). Painter Jasper Johns (!) also has a voice cameo. Family Guy (8:30 p.m. Sun., Fox) settles into its cushy time slot with an episode in which the TV-loving head of the household suffers when his satellite dish is damaged in a freak accident. On a new episode of The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox), Mulder and Scully investigate an escaped con who seems to have the ability to pass through walls. Behind the Music (9 p.m. Sun., VH1) has a 90-minute profile of Cher. Believe! The Awful Truth (9 p.m. EDT/10 PDT Sun., Bravo) is Michael Moore's latest attempt to find a TV home for his investigative ambushes. His last series, "TV Nation," didn't last long on NBC (no big surprise); will cable be more tolerant?

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Specials

The National Geographic special Tigers of Kanha (8 p.m. Sat., NBC) spends two years with a Bengal tiger and her three cubs as they struggle to survive in a rugged Indian forest. Apparently, this Titanic (8 p.m. Sat., HBO) movie was somewhat popular -- anybody ever hear of it? The Century (9 p.m. Sat., ABC) finally closes with a look at the Iran hostage crisis and some predictions for the next 100 years. The new cable movie 36 Hours to Die (8 p.m. Sun., TNT) stars Treat Williams as an ailing brewer who opens up a can of whup-ass on the mobster who's trying to extort him. Written by Robert Rodat ("Saving Private Ryan"); co-starring Kim Cattrall and Carroll O'Connor. Sharon Lawrence and the late Richard Kiley star in the new TV movie Blue Moon (9 p.m. Sun., CBS), about a Nova Scotia fishing family beset by personal and professional crises. In the Discovery Channel Eco-Challenge (9 p.m. Sun., Discovery), teams from 27 countries compete in a grueling race across Morocco.